Here's what I get: limedes:/usr/src/LVM/1.1-rc2 # pvmove --verbose /dev/sdc1 /dev/hdd pvmove -- checking name of source physical volume "/dev/sdc1" pvmove -- locking logical volume manager pvmove -- reading data of source physical volume from "/dev/sdc1" pvmove -- checking volume group existence pvmove -- checking volume group consistency of "funkadelic" pvmove -- searching for source physical volume "/dev/sdc1" in volume group "funkadelic" pvmove -- building list of possible destination physical volumes pvmove -- checking destination physical volume names in command line pvmove -- checking volume group activity pvmove -- moving physical extents in active volume group "funkadelic" pvmove -- WARNING: if you lose power during the move you may need to restore your LVM metadata from backup! pvmove -- do you want to continue? [y/n] y pvmove -- starting to move extents away from physical volume "/dev/sdc1" pvmove -- checking for enough free physical extents in "funkadelic" pvmove -- /dev/sdc1 [PE 7843 [projekte [LE 7843]] -> /dev/hdd [PE 21759] [1/1] pvmove -- ERROR reading input physical volume "/dev/sdc1" (still 65536 bytes to read) pvmove -- ERROR "pv_move_pe(): read input PV" moving physical extents As I mentioned before, there is exactly one PE left to move in this PV: limedes:/usr/src/LVM/1.1-rc2 # pvdisplay /dev/sdc1 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sdc1 VG Name funkadelic PV Size 30.64 GB [64259937 secs] / NOT usable 944 KB [LVM: 151 KB] PV# 1 PV Status available Allocatable yes Cur LV 1 PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 7844 Free PE 7843 Allocated PE 1 PV UUID mPFcyy-wTUk-X3OI-fczK-XzHN-lkdF-nDrH3q Any ideas? Thanks, Frank _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html